instagram: An unexpected error occurred: KeyError - 'data' (GRAPHQL)

[glottisfaun0000]

Not sure if I should put this in this previous issue: #5920

Output for instagram.com account:

gallery-dl --verbose instagram.com/natgeo                                                                                                                                                          [10:20:39]
gallery-dl: Version 1.29.0-dev:2025.02.28 - Executable (dev/macos)
gallery-dl: Python 3.13.2 - macOS-15.3.2-arm64-arm-64bit-Mach-O
gallery-dl: requests 2.32.3 - urllib3 2.3.0
gallery-dl: Configuration Files ['${HOME}/.config/gallery-dl/config.json']
gallery-dl: Starting DownloadJob for 'instagram.com/natgeo'
instagram: Using InstagramUserExtractor for 'instagram.com/natgeo'
instagram: Using InstagramStoriesExtractor for 'https://www.instagram.com/stories/natgeo/'
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): www.instagram.com:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://www.instagram.com:443 "GET /api/v1/users/web_profile_info/?username=natgeo HTTP/1.1" 200 101024
instagram: Unsupported with GraphQL API
instagram: Using InstagramHighlightsExtractor for 'https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/highlights/'
instagram: Unsupported with GraphQL API
instagram: Using InstagramPostsExtractor for 'https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/posts/'
urllib3.connectionpool: https://www.instagram.com:443 "GET /graphql/query/?query_hash=69cba40317214236af40e7efa697781d&variables=%7B%22id%22%3A%22787132%22%2C%22first%22%3A24%2C%22after%22%3Anull%7D HTTP/1.1" 200 185
instagram: An unexpected error occurred: KeyError - 'data'. Please run gallery-dl again with the --verbose flag, copy its output and report this issue on https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues .
instagram:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gallery_dl/job.py", line 152, in run
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 70, in items
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 1014, in _pagination
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 1006, in _call
KeyError: 'data'

and for individual post:

gallery-dl --verbose https://www.instagram.com/p/DHRJABLydU9/                                                                                                                                      [10:23:05]
gallery-dl: Version 1.29.0-dev:2025.02.28 - Executable (dev/macos)
gallery-dl: Python 3.13.2 - macOS-15.3.2-arm64-arm-64bit-Mach-O
gallery-dl: requests 2.32.3 - urllib3 2.3.0
gallery-dl: Configuration Files ['${HOME}/.config/gallery-dl/config.json']
gallery-dl: Starting DownloadJob for 'https://www.instagram.com/p/DHRJABLydU9/'
instagram: Using InstagramPostExtractor for 'https://www.instagram.com/p/DHRJABLydU9/'
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): www.instagram.com:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://www.instagram.com:443 "GET /graphql/query/?query_hash=9f8827793ef34641b2fb195d4d41151c&variables=%7B%22shortcode%22%3A%22DHRJABLydU9%22%2C%22child_comment_count%22%3A3%2C%22fetch_comment_count%22%3A40%2C%22parent_comment_count%22%3A24%2C%22has_threaded_comments%22%3Atrue%7D HTTP/1.1" 401 119
instagram: HttpError: '401 Unauthorized' for 'https://www.instagram.com/graphql/query/?query_hash=9f8827793ef34641b2fb195d4d41151c&variables=%7B%22shortcode%22%3A%22DHRJABLydU9%22%2C%22child_comment_count%22%3A3%2C%22fetch_comment_count%22%3A40%2C%22parent_comment_count%22%3A24%2C%22has_threaded_comments%22%3Atrue%7D'
instagram:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gallery_dl/job.py", line 152, in run
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 66, in items
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 692, in posts
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 964, in media
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 1006, in _call
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 121, in request
  File "gallery_dl/extractor/common.py", line 256, in request
gallery_dl.exception.HttpError: '401 Unauthorized' for 'https://www.instagram.com/graphql/query/?query_hash=9f8827793ef34641b2fb195d4d41151c&variables=%7B%22shortcode%22%3A%22DHRJABLydU9%22%2C%22child_comment_count%22%3A3%2C%22fetch_comment_count%22%3A40%2C%22parent_comment_count%22%3A24%2C%22has_threaded_comments%22%3Atrue%7D'

Is graphql working for anyone at this point?

edit: version was outdated but same output after updating

[gituzzer]

I confirm the problem, I was using gallery-dl 1.29.1 , got the problem, updated to 1.29.2 , same thing.
In my case I download a few public profiles with no login. Last time I checked about 1 week ago it was ok.

CMD: gallery-dl --verbose -A 1 -c ./gallery-dl.conf https://www.instagram.com/PROFILE
where PROFILE = insta profile name obv.

OUTPUT:
[gallery-dl][debug] Starting DownloadJob for 'https://www.instagram.com/PROFILE '
[instagram][debug] Using InstagramUserExtractor for 'https://www.instagram.com/PROFILE '
[instagram][debug] Using InstagramPostsExtractor for 'https://www.instagram.com/PROFILE /posts/'
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): www.instagram.com:443
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://www.instagram.com:443 "GET /api/v1/users/web_profile_info/?username=PROFILE HTTP/1.1" 200 15
[instagram][error] An unexpected error occurred: KeyError - 'data'. Please run gallery-dl again with the --verbose flag, copy its output and report this issue on https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues .
[instagram][debug]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/USER/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gallery_dl/cache.py", line 32, in call
value = self.cache[key]
KeyError: 'PROFILE '

[mikf]

The legacy GraphQL API endpoints seem to be entirely broken now.

When requesting 24 posts at once, I now get a "Try Again Later" error

{
  "message": "feedback_required",
  "spam": true,
  "feedback_title": "Try Again Later",
  "feedback_message": "We limit how often you can do certain things on Instagram to protect our community. Tell us if you think we made a mistake.",
  "feedback_url": "",
  "feedback_action": "report_problem",
  "feedback_appeal_label": "Let us know",
  "restriction_enrollment_data": "",
  "status": "fail"
}

With only 12, it reports "Incorrect Query":

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "execution error",
      "code": 1675002,
      "summary": "Incorrect Query",
      "description": "The query provided was invalid.",
      "extensions": {},
      "severity": "CRITICAL"
    }
  ],
  "status": "ok"
}